Episode LX - Cleopatra (Live at the Wheeler Centre, Melbourne)
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Cleopatra was a ruler of Egypt at a time when the land of the Pharaohs were coming to an end. The impression we have of her will always be through the relationships she had with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. So what's her real story?
Recorded live at the Wheeler Centre, Melbourne, on 22nd November, 2016.
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